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but he -- jacob brown, a few other officers, but scott is the most important. they become very much -- their agenda very much is to build a proper professional institution and take expertise, usually european, usually french, and bring it to the united states. so, another major figure of this would be astaire, who was sent on a mission to france, basically to collect information about military education. he collects huge numbers of books and material. comes back to west point, and with the support of people like scott -- scott becomes a permanent general during the war of 1812 -- he is able to systemize the west point curriculum and experience that been the had not been the case before. >> host: when was west point founded? >> guest: 1802. i think historians still argue about what thomas jefferson was really after when the school was founded. but no one disagrees the school is institutionally weak, unclear what the purpose of the institution is. there's not very systemized instruction. cadets are older, some younger, and to this day he is called the father of w
but he -- jacob brown, a few other officers, but scott is the most important. they become very much -- their agenda very much is to build a proper professional institution and take expertise, usually european, usually french, and bring it to the united states. so, another major figure of this would be astaire, who was sent on a mission to france, basically to collect information about military education. he collects huge numbers of books and material. comes back to west point, and with the...
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lakers the sixteen time to be a champions had sacked mike brown following a slow start to the season and have since won for the last five games. and on wednesday it kept in the slot on the road ahead of each chapter a memorable four goal performance with this stunning thirty five yard overhead kick to give sweden a thrill to finding victory over england in the first match in the new national stadium the striker has now scored two hundred forty six career goals in just five hundred four appearances but this is being widely hailed as one of the best of all time. doing so. well on thursday japanese athlete kenichi ito maintained his status as the world's fastest man on four limbs as he ran a one hundred metre track in tokyo in seventeen point four seven seconds trading more than a second off his previous best eat of that model season technique on how well he runs and the thirty year old hopes racing on all four. well one day become an official track and field events. and on friday formula one driver robert kibitzer continued his return to motor sports by taking the will to citron in the
lakers the sixteen time to be a champions had sacked mike brown following a slow start to the season and have since won for the last five games. and on wednesday it kept in the slot on the road ahead of each chapter a memorable four goal performance with this stunning thirty five yard overhead kick to give sweden a thrill to finding victory over england in the first match in the new national stadium the striker has now scored two hundred forty six career goals in just five hundred four...
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it includes santana moss with a concussion, jamaal brown tip and pierre garcon's foot. there is a chance they could return to action. even the franchise, robert griffin 3 needs an extra day and after being hit nine times. it's taken the fair share of lunch through 9 games and understands the frustration and says they will blame the coaching staff and that is the wrong thing to do. >> and that will say a drastic change will be made. i don't feel that way and that it's on us to go out there and play. regardless of what the coach calls special teams. we're out there playing and have to make plays happen. >> a trip to the eastern conference finals is on the line for d.c. united and visit new york. unite side coming off of a disappointing one-run draw and lost right back andy nahar in the game with the red car in the 70th minute. tonight, not only will they be without rosario, but nah ar as well. >> and i don't think that we would change much. i think from the way we changeed here at rfk, i think we stick with that and team effort we put in is fine and we have to continue to
it includes santana moss with a concussion, jamaal brown tip and pierre garcon's foot. there is a chance they could return to action. even the franchise, robert griffin 3 needs an extra day and after being hit nine times. it's taken the fair share of lunch through 9 games and understands the frustration and says they will blame the coaching staff and that is the wrong thing to do. >> and that will say a drastic change will be made. i don't feel that way and that it's on us to go out there...
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incumbents michael brown facing stiff challenges. you've got a couple of charter issues that are extremely important here. one of them says that people convicted of felonies can no longer seek public office. you might think that's a stretch, well, we've had two councilmembers who have pled guilty to felonies, one serving prison time right now and another one awaiting sentencing, that being the council chairman. we were also at shepherd elementary school today, that's where i voted. some 600 people are cast ballots by late morning. so brisk turnout throughout the city. want to mention one race, ward 7, that's where republican ron moteon, former head of the peez aholics taking on vet alexander. you might think this is an easy one, a slam dunk for alexander because it's a democratic town, but ron moton has the endorsement of the "washington post" and others. that's going to be a contest we'll be watching throughout the day. so, jc, that's it from here. this is actually a lull between votes around lunchtime. they expect heavy, heavy traf
incumbents michael brown facing stiff challenges. you've got a couple of charter issues that are extremely important here. one of them says that people convicted of felonies can no longer seek public office. you might think that's a stretch, well, we've had two councilmembers who have pled guilty to felonies, one serving prison time right now and another one awaiting sentencing, that being the council chairman. we were also at shepherd elementary school today, that's where i voted. some 600...
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kevin: ronnie brown. -- brown. miller brings him down. gain of five to the 35. we've reach it would two-minute we've reach it would two-minute warning. i can't see. ooh, turn up the brightness. it's already up. oh, oh, ooh! sorrry buddy, you know, some of us destroy zombies and some of us feed em. how am i suppose to win? your screen is like as big as my phone. not everything's about winning. i like to win. you like to whine. you do. vo: the bigger, brighter super amoled screen on the new samsung galaxy s3. [ zombies growling ] ♪ [ explosion ] ♪ [ breathing heavily ] call of duty: black ops ii? oh. thought someone was... yeah, forget it. ♪ [ male announcer ] rated "m" for mature. be game ready. get call of duty: black ops ii for xbox 360 at walmart. kevin: tonight on cbs begins with "60 minutes" and a report on america's top college football programs, followed by new episodes of "the amazing race" "the good wife" and "the mentalist." only cbs. we have the two-minute warning. broncos going for their seventh win of the season. chargers with a second down and
kevin: ronnie brown. -- brown. miller brings him down. gain of five to the 35. we've reach it would two-minute we've reach it would two-minute warning. i can't see. ooh, turn up the brightness. it's already up. oh, oh, ooh! sorrry buddy, you know, some of us destroy zombies and some of us feed em. how am i suppose to win? your screen is like as big as my phone. not everything's about winning. i like to win. you like to whine. you do. vo: the bigger, brighter super amoled screen on the new...
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. >>> con canciones de chris brown, pitbull y muchos otros, este es el primer juego auténtico de hiphop del mundo, tenemos a las mejores personas involucradas en el videojuego. >>> es la crema y nata del asunto, tanto del mundo del hip hop, pero la pregunta es que si cualquier persona puede aprender las coreografías del juego. >>> este juego está diseñado para todos, así que, si alguien quiere aprender el hip hop lo puede hacer, porque hay 3 niveles, el más difícil es como para profesionales. >>> el más difícil es como para tirarse al piso. >>> para las personas que no saben bailar, tenemos un modo que ayuda a aprender a bailar. >>> pero queremos ver cómo funciona esto. >>> por supuesto. >>p>pero esto no es conmigo solo, así que, a ver, alan tacher, johnny, por favor, muchachos, vengan por favor, las muchachas, también, por favor, tienen que preparrse. >>> cómo eres con el hip, sabemos que en otros géneros eres extraordinario con el baile. >>> yo soy ya más clásico. >>c>claro. >>> danza, clásico, ballet. >>> tap. >>> zapateo americano. >>> saben qué, es momento que todo
. >>> con canciones de chris brown, pitbull y muchos otros, este es el primer juego auténtico de hiphop del mundo, tenemos a las mejores personas involucradas en el videojuego. >>> es la crema y nata del asunto, tanto del mundo del hip hop, pero la pregunta es que si cualquier persona puede aprender las coreografías del juego. >>> este juego está diseñado para todos, así que, si alguien quiere aprender el hip hop lo puede hacer, porque hay 3 niveles, el más...
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one animal whose par you definitely wouldn't want to shake here is the brown bear you can literally spot a grizzly here by every small weaver. where the bears are they have a very good sense of well the super will have to keep an eye a wind direction at. them. so we won't go yes to shell but people require. it. and quiet we went but the wind was not on our side and the bear got away and they're usually the first to avoid contact with humans but during spawning time when both people and bears go fishing people often shoot at them to scare them away and every year here in the region you hear about someone being killed by the predators. but at the mugger down nature reserve where we are no one disturbs the bears peanuts another local resident to haiti's peace being disturbed here is the calories sea eagle in has a wingspan of two and a half meters ignace so only here in washington far east because of the bundles of salmon and sea gulls which feed the giant bird in his studies if gainey focuses on birds so he took me to one of his favorite places here the mara island it has the biggest colon
one animal whose par you definitely wouldn't want to shake here is the brown bear you can literally spot a grizzly here by every small weaver. where the bears are they have a very good sense of well the super will have to keep an eye a wind direction at. them. so we won't go yes to shell but people require. it. and quiet we went but the wind was not on our side and the bear got away and they're usually the first to avoid contact with humans but during spawning time when both people and bears go...
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women elected, ranging from the first asian-american woman, to elizabeth warren, who defeated scott brown in massachusetts. >> you better believe we're going to fight for equal pay. >> reporter: and tammy bald wind win is the first openly gay. >> i will be a senator for all of wisconsin. >> reporter: as for the republican candidates, richard akin, and akin lost to mccaskill, who held on to her senate seat. in new hampshire, all the top elected officials are now women. the governor, both senators and the members of congress, democrats started to recruit women candidates almost two years ago. >> almost at the beginning of the time when the republicans came into power in the house and the first few bills they put out took away the woman's right to choose. >> reporter: for the first time, white men will be in the minority among house democrats, but house democrats will be male. this also saw same-sex marriage gains, maryland the first to vote for gay marriage, and washington state and colorado voted to legalize recreational marijuana. massachusetts legalized it for medicinal use, only. >> the
women elected, ranging from the first asian-american woman, to elizabeth warren, who defeated scott brown in massachusetts. >> you better believe we're going to fight for equal pay. >> reporter: and tammy bald wind win is the first openly gay. >> i will be a senator for all of wisconsin. >> reporter: as for the republican candidates, richard akin, and akin lost to mccaskill, who held on to her senate seat. in new hampshire, all the top elected officials are now women....
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as far as california legislature, willie brown gender -- gerrymandered us with democrats controlling. are broken overspent and overtaxed. our senators are not helping us. guest: i actually don't think i am being that selected. lyndon johnson on the civil rights act, had great support from the northern democrats and the western democrats. was able to overcome the southern democrats opposition with the help of the republican party. i said that about everett dirksen so i am not really being that selected. i do think my book touches a bark -- upon the origins of the problems we have today, the toxic politics of america started in the late 1970's. one of the problems, very frankly, was the opposite -- was proposition 13 in 1978, the tax revolt that rolled in from california. i think the first basic no-tax pledge, the revolt of 1978, has been greatly responsible for california's decline. host: in the incoming term in the senate, there will be a record number of women, 20 women in all, serving in the senate. your book focuses primarily on men. do you see a shift in the operations or the deco
as far as california legislature, willie brown gender -- gerrymandered us with democrats controlling. are broken overspent and overtaxed. our senators are not helping us. guest: i actually don't think i am being that selected. lyndon johnson on the civil rights act, had great support from the northern democrats and the western democrats. was able to overcome the southern democrats opposition with the help of the republican party. i said that about everett dirksen so i am not really being that...
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teaches at brown. c-span: his politics? >> guest: i really can't say what his politics are. i don't know that much about it. c-span: his slant? do you know which--i mean, i'm looking at page 46: 'both wood and his critics take it as a given that blacks and women were excluded from the declaration. such is the state of the debate within the historian's guild.' and you quote him earlier, 'gordon wood, widely regarded as the leading historian of political thought of the american founding, asked, "what was radical about the declaration in 1776? we know it did not mean that blacks and men were created equal to men--white men," although, it would in time be used to justify these equalities, too'--you have that in parentheses--'it was radical in 1776 because it meant that all white men were equal. surprisingly, wood was actually trying to defend the founders with this statement.' >> guest: right. i mean, he--the historian's profession, as i understand it, is--right now is being --is divided by a--one group on the far left, who wants to say that the american founding was just totall
teaches at brown. c-span: his politics? >> guest: i really can't say what his politics are. i don't know that much about it. c-span: his slant? do you know which--i mean, i'm looking at page 46: 'both wood and his critics take it as a given that blacks and women were excluded from the declaration. such is the state of the debate within the historian's guild.' and you quote him earlier, 'gordon wood, widely regarded as the leading historian of political thought of the american founding,...
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so ditch the brown bag for something better. like our bacon ranch quesadillas or big mouth burger bites, served with soup or salad, and fries. starting at just 6 bucks at chili's. nature knows all about baking. just mix together a few simple ingredients... and "voila". so for truvia baking blend we mix sweetness from the stevia leaf with sugar for a blend that bakes and browns like sugar, with 75% fewer calories per serving. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. it's all right, all ri
so ditch the brown bag for something better. like our bacon ranch quesadillas or big mouth burger bites, served with soup or salad, and fries. starting at just 6 bucks at chili's. nature knows all about baking. just mix together a few simple ingredients... and "voila". so for truvia baking blend we mix sweetness from the stevia leaf with sugar for a blend that bakes and browns like sugar, with 75% fewer calories per serving. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed...
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. >> brown spots or dark spots as you age. kind of helping with that. >> perfect system. >> my dermatologist uses this skin care system. >> elure is amazing and has won every award out there. it contains a mushroom extract. it helps did i miminish an unev tone. >> this is more natural. >> exactly. >> now olay a top brandywiner as well. >> it is. so we have learned our abcs of dreams and now we're on to cc dreams. this is going to be like its predecessor in that it gives you the coverage, the spf around moic moistization and contains more anti-aging and will help with more coverage so this is better for your skin. >> what's this? >> going into the aging hair section. >> because your hair shows your age, too, thinner, less lustrous. >> it does. on average we lose 100 strands of hair per day, and as we get older that process slows down. those replacement hairs don't come back and hair should have 13% moisture but we also lose that as we age. >> right. >> this is a collect of different products they will add in some of those benef
. >> brown spots or dark spots as you age. kind of helping with that. >> perfect system. >> my dermatologist uses this skin care system. >> elure is amazing and has won every award out there. it contains a mushroom extract. it helps did i miminish an unev tone. >> this is more natural. >> exactly. >> now olay a top brandywiner as well. >> it is. so we have learned our abcs of dreams and now we're on to cc dreams. this is going to be like its...
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thank you. >> scott brown concedes to elizabeth warren. this is about 15 minutes. >> what a wonderful kraut, thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. it is wonderful to be out here we ran a fantastic campaign. you and i have waged a great campaign. i cannot have asked for better allies and friends to see his third this battle. we stood strong in the fight. we stand strong now even and disappointment. thank you so much. thank you. you have no business and politics unless you respect the judgment of the people. the run for office you have to be able to take it. i expect the decision of the voters. i've already offered by sincerest congratulations to sister elizabeth warren. >> no, no. she won it fair and square, folks. and she has received a high honor. may she bring that senate office rate credit, just as i set out to do nearly three years ago. i said in the very beginning back in january that win or lose, we would run a race that we would all be proud of. and i am very proud of
thank you. >> scott brown concedes to elizabeth warren. this is about 15 minutes. >> what a wonderful kraut, thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. it is wonderful to be out here we ran a fantastic campaign. you and i have waged a great campaign. i cannot have asked for better allies and friends to see his third this battle. we stood strong in the fight. we stand strong now even and disappointment. thank you so much....
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you know, it is sort of like charlie brown and lucy. how many times do they realize that nothing that they're watching on fox is accurate? i don't think there is a time. i think that's why they watch fox news to be purposely and chronically misinformed. i don't think there's ever going to be an ah-ha moment. there would have been two or three years ago. so it is this very weird -- it is not the normal relationship that news consumers have with the news organization. where they're interested in the truth or maybe you know, a little rose glass view, a little partisan -- to make them feel better. this is just a total alternate universe that they want to live in. >> stephanie: you know what i thought summed it up, one romney supporter, when it was -- the minute it was announced in his -- whatever, headquarters that he lost, this woman just was shocked. she said what? how could anybody have voted for him for president obama. because not everybody watches fox news. that's what i mean. like you said, it is an alternate reality. let's dive into
you know, it is sort of like charlie brown and lucy. how many times do they realize that nothing that they're watching on fox is accurate? i don't think there is a time. i think that's why they watch fox news to be purposely and chronically misinformed. i don't think there's ever going to be an ah-ha moment. there would have been two or three years ago. so it is this very weird -- it is not the normal relationship that news consumers have with the news organization. where they're interested in...
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road trips, and i know people think that and hear that and they think brown bags and yellow buses. but there is nothing that replaces the sensation of being in a historic place, seeing it, feeling it, touching it. sometimes even smelling it. and that's what provides us the real sense that this is something that happened to real people. forgive me. i keep losing my -- >> host: we'll let you get that adjusted. and i want to read this quote from your don't know much about mythology book. you write: one of the saddest things i have witnessed in these years-especially when it visit schools, is how the innate and insatiable curiosity young children have about the world gets absolutely killed by the teedum of school. i also remember so well how myths saved one little boy from that teedum. >> guest: true story. i remember being a child sitting in school, watching -- we had that clock on the wall, and i would watch it tick toward 4:00, and one of the times i felt some sense of real excitement was when our teacher would stop at the end of the day and she would read from the odyssey, a text v
road trips, and i know people think that and hear that and they think brown bags and yellow buses. but there is nothing that replaces the sensation of being in a historic place, seeing it, feeling it, touching it. sometimes even smelling it. and that's what provides us the real sense that this is something that happened to real people. forgive me. i keep losing my -- >> host: we'll let you get that adjusted. and i want to read this quote from your don't know much about mythology book. you...
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. >> reporter: up against a well-liked republican, senator scott brown, who won ted kennedy's seat two years ago, the rare republican who expresses his cooperation with president obama. >> i was just named the least partisan senator. i take pride in that, trying to work with others and getting things done. >> reporter: the voters are deciding 33 senate races, and for much of the year the were are as believed they had a good shot to pick up the three or four seats needed for the majority. but controversy slowed their majority, republicans banked on wins in missouri and indiana, until todd aken and richard mourdock made decisive comments about rape. >> and that could be enough to cost them control of the senate. >> reporter: in connecticut, they hoped that the former world wrestling ceo linda mcman could up seat, but polls showed her behind, and tommy thompson is locked in a nail-biter with democratic congresswoman tammy baldwin, who could become the first openly gay winner. the new senate could be even more divided than it is now. kelly o'donnell, cleveland. >>> and as we continue, one
. >> reporter: up against a well-liked republican, senator scott brown, who won ted kennedy's seat two years ago, the rare republican who expresses his cooperation with president obama. >> i was just named the least partisan senator. i take pride in that, trying to work with others and getting things done. >> reporter: the voters are deciding 33 senate races, and for much of the year the were are as believed they had a good shot to pick up the three or four seats needed for...
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and i really think up there, where people, you know, root for the bears and the browns in the cold weather, and it's the old rust belt feeling, that it's a very important thing to make your own cars. and you know, for years john dingell from michigan wouldn't let anybody park in the congressional parking lot that didn't have an american car. you know, it's real stuff up there. and to be on the wrong side of that issue and say yeah, go get bankrupt, buddy, it's unbelievable. and now he's done the same thing with fema, romney. talk about being wrong-footed. saying he wanted to get rid of fema, and now this storm comes along and you look like you're a dufus. i mean, it's his doing. it's not my name calling. why would you want to be a guy who wants to be opposed to dealing with natural disasters? how can you say you're against the federal government playing a role in natural disasters? and he says that very thing. he says the states should do it. >> well -- >> that's incredibly bad luck. >> the president's getting strong approval because of his way of handling a natural disaster like this. >>
and i really think up there, where people, you know, root for the bears and the browns in the cold weather, and it's the old rust belt feeling, that it's a very important thing to make your own cars. and you know, for years john dingell from michigan wouldn't let anybody park in the congressional parking lot that didn't have an american car. you know, it's real stuff up there. and to be on the wrong side of that issue and say yeah, go get bankrupt, buddy, it's unbelievable. and now he's done...
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sherrod brown, and in ohio, almost more than 30% of his votes were from african- americans. bob casey, more than 20% of his votes in pennsylvania came from african-americans. the success the democrats had with their senate candidates this year dovetails very nicely with president obama's campaign in terms of turning out african-american voters. i the guy will stop there and entertain questions >> do we have any questions? >> [inaudible] [indiscernible] >> you talk about some of as being regional, what are your thoughts on some of the patterns of the patterns you see in terms of that regional stuff? is there anything that jumps out at you? >> last year at this time, i was presenting a paper called resegregation in southern politics. i have not had the chance this morning to look at arkansas, at the state legislature. i know all members of the state members of the legislation and arkansas were up for election this year and all lot of money was put into the state to change the state legislature from being democratic to be republican. if it does in fact flip in this election, al
sherrod brown, and in ohio, almost more than 30% of his votes were from african- americans. bob casey, more than 20% of his votes in pennsylvania came from african-americans. the success the democrats had with their senate candidates this year dovetails very nicely with president obama's campaign in terms of turning out african-american voters. i the guy will stop there and entertain questions >> do we have any questions? >> [inaudible] [indiscernible] >> you talk about some...
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brown lost to challenger elizabeth warren. there is now speculation that brown could make another run for senate if president obama names senator john kerry to his cabinet, senator brown is rumored to be a contender for massachusetts governor in had 2014. but brown insists his immediate future is focused outside of politics. >> there's no vacancy that i'm aware of and my biggest job now is to make sure there's a smooth transition from my office to the senator elect's office. there's not an opening right now for governor nor is there an opening for senator. but there is an opening for a dad and a husband, and that's the role that i want to play. >> wrote today about the future of conservatism. you say the challenge between self-reflection and cannibalization. >> for all the talk of the civil war within the gop, i just don't see it and it certainly doesn't have to happen. i think self-reflex is good and conservatives need to talk about what just happened. they also need to remember that they didn't bother explaining to anyone ov
brown lost to challenger elizabeth warren. there is now speculation that brown could make another run for senate if president obama names senator john kerry to his cabinet, senator brown is rumored to be a contender for massachusetts governor in had 2014. but brown insists his immediate future is focused outside of politics. >> there's no vacancy that i'm aware of and my biggest job now is to make sure there's a smooth transition from my office to the senator elect's office. there's not...
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jackie browne at 26 with no expression on his face said that he could get some guns. i finished the book at home and one sitting and it was like 180 pages and felt like i -- he moved the story almost entirely with dialogue. the conversation of cops and criminals. their voices establishing the style. i stopped trying to tell those what was going in the book and began to show. began to show in pot i want of view in the views of the characters. bad guys and good ones. often cannot resist a set piece with a crazy kind of scat logical poetry, the matter of george v. hying ins. that's pretty much how i learned to write in a style i lifted from hyingens but changed enough until it became my own sound. i want to thank the national book foundation for my award, and recognize executive directer, and his people for keeping this event on track despite sandy trying to stop us. they deserve our thanks and praise. i have to tell you -- [applause] i have to tell you i'm energized by the honor. the only thing i wanted to do in my life is have a good time writing stories. this award te
jackie browne at 26 with no expression on his face said that he could get some guns. i finished the book at home and one sitting and it was like 180 pages and felt like i -- he moved the story almost entirely with dialogue. the conversation of cops and criminals. their voices establishing the style. i stopped trying to tell those what was going in the book and began to show. began to show in pot i want of view in the views of the characters. bad guys and good ones. often cannot resist a set...
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and so today, i've assigned the head of the economic development authority michelle brown to work with the private sector and fema to get the problem moving. >> reporter: one more thing in short supply, blood. the red cross is urging everyone to donate. and other than a few moments of frustration -- >> ask that cabbie why he cut the line. >> reporter: patience isn't in short supply just yet. >> considering there's a catastrophe all around us, got to do what we've got to do. stay patient. >> reporter: so far, so good with the patience. over in new jersey, governor christie is trying to alleviate it by starting to ration the gas. if you have an odd numbered license plate you can get it on an odd number day. if you have an even number license plate, you can get it on an even number day. what does that remind everybody? the jimmy carter days in the '70s when there was a shortage. here it really is a shortage of power. guys? >> katy, thank you. >>> now to the race for the white house with election day just three days away, president obama and governor romney are making their final arguments
and so today, i've assigned the head of the economic development authority michelle brown to work with the private sector and fema to get the problem moving. >> reporter: one more thing in short supply, blood. the red cross is urging everyone to donate. and other than a few moments of frustration -- >> ask that cabbie why he cut the line. >> reporter: patience isn't in short supply just yet. >> considering there's a catastrophe all around us, got to do what we've got to...
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the last thing they want is for president obama to play lucy with the football where the charlie brown makes promises and doesn't fulfill the promises. >> i will give you we don't end up in some fundamentally different economic circumstance in terms of unemployment. i think that's exactly why the stim laltive effect rather than the austerity measures are so important. if we listen to lee sanders from afscme. let's listen to the afscme president lee saunders. >> we're going to keep our members mobilized and organized in the different communities across the country. we're going into another campaign. we won the election but we're going into another campaign now. >> congressman meeks, that's right. win agelection is not staging a coup. everybody's got to work together and come to compromise as you pointed out. there have been some real wins and the folks on the left are saying yeah, we're going to stand on principle and the principle is stimulative effect to get the economy going, not austerity. >> the president has always said there are certain things we must invest in. you talk about in
the last thing they want is for president obama to play lucy with the football where the charlie brown makes promises and doesn't fulfill the promises. >> i will give you we don't end up in some fundamentally different economic circumstance in terms of unemployment. i think that's exactly why the stim laltive effect rather than the austerity measures are so important. if we listen to lee sanders from afscme. let's listen to the afscme president lee saunders. >> we're going to keep...
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. >> reporter: republican senator scott brown is widely considered popular and gets credit for working with democrats, but he's at risk. >> it's nice to meet you. >> you have my vote. >> reporter: pressure is on democrat elizabeth warren, a first-time candidate, former obama administration official and harvard law professor to block republicans from taking enough seats to be in charge. >> a republican controlled senate is a senate bad for massachusetts and bad for this country. >> want to talk about gridlock, imagine when professor warren is down there. that's what people tell me. >> reporter: republicans expect to pick up seats held by retiring democrats in north dakota and nebraska but could lose a seat in maine after olimpia snowe bowed out. >> the fight over the senate is a very big deal, and it has not gone very well over the last few months for the republicans. >> reporter: that's because republicans were counting on red state candidates that turned into long shots. in missouri republican todd akin refused to quit after his comments about rape and pregnancy angered many women and
. >> reporter: republican senator scott brown is widely considered popular and gets credit for working with democrats, but he's at risk. >> it's nice to meet you. >> you have my vote. >> reporter: pressure is on democrat elizabeth warren, a first-time candidate, former obama administration official and harvard law professor to block republicans from taking enough seats to be in charge. >> a republican controlled senate is a senate bad for massachusetts and bad for...
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governor brown's tax initiative. prop 30 would raise the sales tax and income taxes for the highest earners. the money would go for prison realignment and education. prop 38 funded by civil rights attorney molly munger. it would increase income taxes on a sliding scale for most californians and raise an estimated $10 billion a year for schools and pay down state debt. if both 30 and 38 pass, the one with the most votes will win. >>> to make sure voting in the bay area goes smoothly, we have the investigative unit on the task. call 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. remember to tune in to nbc bay area for election results. our coverage starts at 3:00. we will take a quick break and check weather and traffic right after. >>> welcome back. time is 9:28. a beautiful live picture over san francisco. you can see for about 5 to 8 miles from this live picture. with the absence of fog, it is a fantastic day. 80 degrees at the coast. 83 bay side. temperatures will drop significantly as of tomorrow down i
governor brown's tax initiative. prop 30 would raise the sales tax and income taxes for the highest earners. the money would go for prison realignment and education. prop 38 funded by civil rights attorney molly munger. it would increase income taxes on a sliding scale for most californians and raise an estimated $10 billion a year for schools and pay down state debt. if both 30 and 38 pass, the one with the most votes will win. >>> to make sure voting in the bay area goes smoothly, we...
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i know people think that, hear that and think brown bags and yellow buses, but there is nothing that replaces the sensation of being in an historic place come as the net come the feeling feeling, touching it, sometimes even smelling it. that is what provides us the real sons is something that happened to real people. forgive me, i keep losing my sib here. >> host: we will let you get that adjusted and i want to read this quote from your don't know much about mythology book. you write, one of the saddest things i witnessed in the series, especially when i visit schools is that the innate and insatiable curiosity of children have about the world gets absolutely killed by the tedium of score. i also remember so well how myths save one little boy. >> guest: true story. again, i like to tell true stories. i remember being a child sitting in schools, watching the clock upon the wall. i would watch the clock ticked towards 3:00 when we get released and i remember the only time i thought -- not the only time come to certainly one of the time i felt some sense of real excitement was when our
i know people think that, hear that and think brown bags and yellow buses, but there is nothing that replaces the sensation of being in an historic place come as the net come the feeling feeling, touching it, sometimes even smelling it. that is what provides us the real sons is something that happened to real people. forgive me, i keep losing my sib here. >> host: we will let you get that adjusted and i want to read this quote from your don't know much about mythology book. you write, one...
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i know people think that, hear that and think brown bags and yellow buses, but there is nothing that replaces the sensation of being in an historic place come as the net come the feeling feeling, touching it, sometimes even smelling it. that is what provides us the i keep losing my fib here. and -- >> host: we'll let you get that adjusted. i want to read this quote from your "don't know much about mythology" book. you write, one of the saddest things i have witnessed is how the innate and insatiable yourosty young children have about the world gets absolutely killed by the tedium of school. i also remember so well how myths saved one little by from that tedium. >> guest: true story. again, i like to tell true stories. remember being a child, sitting in school, watching -- we had that clock up on the wall. i would watch the clock tick towards 3:00, when we would get released, and i remember the only time that i felt -- not the only time but certainly one of the times that i felt some sense of real excitement was when our teacher would stop at the enof the day and she would read from "
i know people think that, hear that and think brown bags and yellow buses, but there is nothing that replaces the sensation of being in an historic place come as the net come the feeling feeling, touching it, sometimes even smelling it. that is what provides us the i keep losing my fib here. and -- >> host: we'll let you get that adjusted. i want to read this quote from your "don't know much about mythology" book. you write, one of the saddest things i have witnessed is how the...
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as far as california legislature, willie brown gender -- gerrymandered us with democrats controlling. are broken overspent and overtaxed. our senators are not helping us. think i actually don't am being that selected. lyndon johnson on the civil rights act, had great support from the northern democrats and the western democrats. was able to overcome the southern democrats opposition with the help of the republican party. i said that about everett dirksen so i am not really being that selected. i do think my book touches a bark -- upon the origins of the problems we have today, the toxic politics of america started in the late 1970's. one of the problems, very frankly, was the opposite -- was proposition 13 in 1978, the tax revolt that rolled in from california. i think the first basic no-tax pledge, the revolt of 1978, has been greatly responsible for california's decline. host: in the incoming term in the senate, there will be a record number of women, 20 women in all, serving in the senate. your book focuses primarily on men. do you see a shift in the operations or the decorum in th
as far as california legislature, willie brown gender -- gerrymandered us with democrats controlling. are broken overspent and overtaxed. our senators are not helping us. think i actually don't am being that selected. lyndon johnson on the civil rights act, had great support from the northern democrats and the western democrats. was able to overcome the southern democrats opposition with the help of the republican party. i said that about everett dirksen so i am not really being that selected....
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governor brown and senator dianne feinstein and mayor ed lee will be at the get out to vote rally in embarcadero. lieutenant governor newsom telling the crude in fremont that the state of the public schools is on the line tomorrow. prop 30 would increase income taxes on individuals who make more than $250,000 a year and increase the sales tax. coming up after the break, we will take a look at the forecast and the roads. this is hayden. that's elizabeth. and that's skyler... and his mom, nancy. they're just a few of the californians who took it on themselves to send you a message about what they need to restore years of cuts to their schools. prop thirty-eight. thirty-eight raises billions in new revenue - bypasses sacramento and sends every k through 12 dollar straight to our local schools... every school. for them. for all of us. vote yes on thirty-eight. >>> welcome back. the time is 10:28. look at some of your temperatures. it is hard to believe this is the first week of november. we're headed to the record-breaking afternoon and even warmer conditions as we head through tomorrow.
governor brown and senator dianne feinstein and mayor ed lee will be at the get out to vote rally in embarcadero. lieutenant governor newsom telling the crude in fremont that the state of the public schools is on the line tomorrow. prop 30 would increase income taxes on individuals who make more than $250,000 a year and increase the sales tax. coming up after the break, we will take a look at the forecast and the roads. this is hayden. that's elizabeth. and that's skyler... and his mom, nancy....
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werther's original. that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. i want to get a big tv for my big family, for the big holiday. we like to watch big games. we got a big spread together. so it's gotta be big. how about the 55-inch lg tv. it's led and has incredible picture quality. that's big... but i got a little budget. with the walmart credit card...